Nomi
@whatsoperadoc.bsky.social
Musicologist, nerd, baseball fan. Live long and prosper, y'all. She/her.
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Nomi
@whatsoperadoc.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Fear me, for now I have my big-girl panties on.
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I hereby nominate the people of Minneapolis who have shown up in sub-zero temps to protest ICE and honor the lives of Good and Pretti for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 AM
I hereby nominate the people of Minneapolis who have shown up in sub-zero temps to protest ICE and honor the lives of Good and Pretti for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
Possibly unpopular opinion: the live off-Broadway recording of Hadestown is better than the OBC recording.
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Possibly unpopular opinion: the live off-Broadway recording of Hadestown is better than the OBC recording.
Which Trumper was it who said they wanted civil servants to feel so traumatized that they quit?
Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Which Trumper was it who said they wanted civil servants to feel so traumatized that they quit?
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Baruch HaTov veHaMetiv
Oh my GOD what extraordinary news
please God let this be the beginning of a whole new chapter for saving lives
Oh my GOD what extraordinary news
please God let this be the beginning of a whole new chapter for saving lives
Just as this news was announced:
mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient’s unique cancer.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient’s unique cancer.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Baruch HaTov veHaMetiv
Oh my GOD what extraordinary news
please God let this be the beginning of a whole new chapter for saving lives
Oh my GOD what extraordinary news
please God let this be the beginning of a whole new chapter for saving lives
The trombone player is the real hero of Hadestown. I will not be taking questions at this time.
January 21, 2026 at 3:46 AM
The trombone player is the real hero of Hadestown. I will not be taking questions at this time.
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Hey we heard you have executive dysfunction so we created a giant bureaucratic maze and we're gonna put your executive dysfunction meds at the end of it. maybe.
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Hey we heard you have executive dysfunction so we created a giant bureaucratic maze and we're gonna put your executive dysfunction meds at the end of it. maybe.
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Plato:
“The dead allow us the privilege of writing their dialogue” - @theradr.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Plato:
For various professional reasons, I've been doing a deep dive into Wicked and Hadestown for the past few weeks. Combined with current events, it's been... a lot.
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
For various professional reasons, I've been doing a deep dive into Wicked and Hadestown for the past few weeks. Combined with current events, it's been... a lot.
Let's talk about something else for a moment, and give our horror a break before despair sets in for good. What do you want to talk about?
I'll start: Is anyone else disappointed that the revival of Chess didn't get better reviews? When is this amazing show going to get the production it deserves!?
I'll start: Is anyone else disappointed that the revival of Chess didn't get better reviews? When is this amazing show going to get the production it deserves!?
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Let's talk about something else for a moment, and give our horror a break before despair sets in for good. What do you want to talk about?
I'll start: Is anyone else disappointed that the revival of Chess didn't get better reviews? When is this amazing show going to get the production it deserves!?
I'll start: Is anyone else disappointed that the revival of Chess didn't get better reviews? When is this amazing show going to get the production it deserves!?
Too real
Me or @abigailhiggins.bsky.social: *eating literally anything without offering it to an infant who can't eat it*
SWEET BABY:
SWEET BABY:
December 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Too real
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“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Hurricane Helene. Not one has been approved.
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“Then they shouldn’t have voted for this!”
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Bitch, Asheville is a blue college town and the county has gone blue for decades. I am so sick of this “if I pretend disasters only happen to red areas, it means I’m safe because I’m properly on the left!” No. You’re not safe. That’s why we save everybody.
Goldfinger: Schumann's hand injury revisited
make a Bond movie academic
License to Kill: How The Constitution Was Never Intended To Protect The Lives Or Dignity of Non-White-People, By Ilan Wurman
License to Kill: How The Constitution Was Never Intended To Protect The Lives Or Dignity of Non-White-People, By Ilan Wurman
make a Bond movie academic
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
December 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Goldfinger: Schumann's hand injury revisited
But I was enjoying transgender for everyone...
Kind of wild how the take that some of Trump's supporters were "deplorable" was some huge scandal, but regularly screaming about "radical left scum" is just a thing he'll say with no media backlash.
December 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
But I was enjoying transgender for everyone...
The replies are a delight.
If A Christmas Carol were Jewish, how would it be different? Would it even be possible to adapt?
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The replies are a delight.
A good read.
--A Jew who has always celebrated a secular Christmas.
--A Jew who has always celebrated a secular Christmas.
Why Christmas is a Christian Holiday
A thread for Nittel Nacht ♟️
A thread for Nittel Nacht ♟️
December 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A good read.
--A Jew who has always celebrated a secular Christmas.
--A Jew who has always celebrated a secular Christmas.
Oh please oh please oh please
Trump: "Tell me what you think of my 'Master of Ceremony' abilities. If really good, would you like me to leave the Presidency in order to make “hosting” a full time job?"
December 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oh please oh please oh please
Extremely proud to have my name alongside these incredible scholars.
Also out today, my Introduction to a colloquy review of On Music Theory. @philewell.bsky.social responds to contributions from Jonathan Bellman, Allison Lewis & @drbaferguson.bsky.social, @whatsoperadoc.bsky.social, Jasmine Henry, Toru Momii, and Sara Speller. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Introduction
Published in Journal of Musicological Research (Vol. 44, No. 2-3, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Extremely proud to have my name alongside these incredible scholars.
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Last year I saw an argument that Die Hard is about winning a miraculous victory, against insurmountable odds, to defend a hilltop fortress from invaders—so it is actually a Hanukkah movie
December 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Last year I saw an argument that Die Hard is about winning a miraculous victory, against insurmountable odds, to defend a hilltop fortress from invaders—so it is actually a Hanukkah movie
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
Samesies
do you think it's wrong that I have the urge to actually murder people for using leafblowers?
(I am not going to murder them. I am just feeling the urge.)
there is something about the specific frequency/loudness of the sound that is torture to me. more so than any other sound, I think.
(I am not going to murder them. I am just feeling the urge.)
there is something about the specific frequency/loudness of the sound that is torture to me. more so than any other sound, I think.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Samesies
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Augmented Tom and Diminished Tom
major tom implies the existence of minor tom and major minor seventh tom
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Augmented Tom and Diminished Tom
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Celebrate any time of the year with #AlbanBerg's #Wozzeck...on ICE! 'Weh! Weh! ich wasche mich mit Blut! Das Wasser ist Blut...'
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Celebrate any time of the year with #AlbanBerg's #Wozzeck...on ICE! 'Weh! Weh! ich wasche mich mit Blut! Das Wasser ist Blut...'
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we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
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from a state party director
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
from a state party director
Curious if @mgraber1.bsky.social has thoughts
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Curious if @mgraber1.bsky.social has thoughts